Tag Archives: Environment
Province reminding the public to stay off the ice until it is safe
The Water Security Agency is reminding people to stay off the ice until it is thick enough to go on to walk, snowmobile, or drive.In a media release, the minister responsible for the Water Security Ag...
Nov 17, 2022
Canada won't back call at COP27 to 'phase down' oil and gas production
OTTAWA - Canada won't agree to add language calling for the phaseout of all fossil fuels - including oil and gas - to the final agreement at this year's United Nations climate talks in Egypt, Environm...
Nov 17, 2022
'Exciting time': Nunavut's historic land use plan heads into final public hearings
IQALUIT, Nunavut - One of the final steps in a 15-year-long process to formally guide how, where and when land and water can be used in Nunavut is underway, with the last in a series of public hearing...
Nov 17, 2022
Brigitte Bardot pens letter to mayor of Montreal suburb condemning proposed deer cull
MONTREAL - French activist and former actress Brigitte Bardot is condemning a Montreal suburb's controversial plan to kill most of the deer living in a local park. Bardot published a letter on her fou...
Nov 17, 2022
Canada falling behind as electric-vehicle sales pick up around the world
OTTAWA - Electric-vehicle sales in Canada grew by more than one third in the first half of this year but they are not keeping pace with the rest of the world. A report on global EV sales released by r...
Nov 17, 2022
Newfoundland's fishing towns were built to survive, but Fiona changed the game
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - For generations, Cory Munden's family has been building and living on the same piece of oceanside land in the southwestern Newfoundland town of Port aux Basques. The town is a forme...
Nov 17, 2022
Climate Changed: Limited transportation infrastructure facing threats in the North
YELLOWKNIFE - Andrew Arreak says travelling on the ice - the main highway in Canada's Arctic - provides access to the land and food, connects communities and is part of Inuit identity. But climate cha...
Nov 17, 2022
Federal ministers reject request by Nunavut iron mine to double production
POND INLET - Federal cabinet ministers have denied a request to expand an iron ore mine on the northern tip of Baffin Island. Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal issued a letter to the Nunavut Impact...
Nov 16, 2022
Trump, bruised by midterms, vows to bring down Biden in fresh bid for U.S. president
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump, the twice-impeached former U.S. president, tossed his red ball cap back into the ring Tuesday - an exercise some observers say is as much about judicial self-preservation as...
Nov 16, 2022
Melfort Fire Department hosting annual recruitment night
The Melfort Fire Department is trying to boost its membership numbers and is looking to do so through its annual fire recruitment night.The event takes place tonight at 7 p.m. (Tuesday, Nov. 15), at t...
Nov 15, 2022